The Start of Hanging Plates

SNS at Funky Junk Interiors is having a theme party called ~Decorating with Plates~ and since I’ve started to decorate with plates around my bookcase yesterday I thought I’d join in the fun!

The first plate I found was at a church sale and the 2nd is from TJMaxx on clearance for $2.00, I loved the black and white of it. The third one is an old platter that I think I found at the fleamarket a while ago.

I found the one below at the antique store for $1.99 in N.C. I loved the green pattern and the maker is Homer Laughlin and the name of the pattern is Pastoral.

I finally feel like decorating again, the tests came back negative thank God and you for yours prayers and good thoughts, they were the longest 7 days!

I almost forgot to show you the other treasure I found at the antique store, isn’t it neat? I’m thinking on painting it, I have saved a picture of one on Pinterest and plan on doing it soon.

Now for my first find at a yardsale this year, of course it was in N.C. but that’s okay the day was sunny but a little chilly but was so much fun to get out of the car and see “stuff”! I only paid a $1.00 but I just thought it was neat with the little lip on the rim to pour with.

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments too!

Rondell♥

Antique and Retail Finds

Hello everyone! I do apologize for not posting lately, I just haven’t felt like it to tell the truth. I still haven’t found out the results of the biopsy yet, I guess it takes more than a week for them to get the results back. I do love to blog just had to take a backseat with it.

We had so much fun in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Jennifer’s birthday surprise turned out great! The weather was chilly though and the day we were to leave there was an ice storm, not to bad but we had to put off leaving for home for a couple hours.

We did a fun visit while there… in Mount Airy, which is the home of Andy Griffith star of The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD. Having grown up with Andy, Barney, Opie and Aunt Bea, I wanted to see the place that Andy fashioned his show from. I’ll do another post on it because there are just to many pictures that I took.:)

I will show you this one picture of the antique store I bought some neat things at. Two large floors of goodies!

I had a wonderful time there just looking around and the owners were very friendly as was anyone that we talked to that day.

Ok, this is what I found, nothing big or expensive.

I found this picture of a young lady, she just caught my eye, she was 20% off so I only paid $6.00 for it, the frame is old too so I thought I got a deal on her. Next is my very first doorknob, I don’t know if it’s brass or not, doesn’t matter, I guess this is a start of a collection for me because I can’t wait to fill a basket with them.

I’m so sorry I thought I had taken pictures of the other two things I found, one is from my first yardsale of the season in N.C., oh well, I guess I’ll just go on to the retail things I found and show you the others in my next post.

The pillow I found at Burlington and thought it would go nice in my office! Do you see what I did with all the Ball jars I have! I just piled them into a wire and burlap basket, now if I need one they are there.

I bought a new bulletin board at Marshall’s and gave the one I made to my daughter, mine just looked to small on this wall this one fills it up nicely.

I stacked my two suitcases, something I’ve never tried before, at the antique store I saw one for $25.00, I paid $5.00 for the brown one with college emblems on it at the flea market one year and the turquoise one a $1.00 at an estate sale.

The small suitcase I found at TJMaxx, I had seen it a while ago and was surprised to still see it there. I just fell in love with the blue, glass jar with the rope around it on clearance for $5.00.

The room is coming along, a lot of moving things here and there and just trying to get it right I guess. My next purchase will be anew rug for in here, I can’t have anything light because this is a high traffic area so I’m going to take my time with looking for one!

You will find me at these parties:

Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home

Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring

Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

The Inspiration Gallery @ The Craftberry Bush

Be Inspired Friday @ Common Ground

Wow Us Monday @ Savvy Southern Style

Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, I always appreciate it! I know I have a lot of friends I need to respond to but I do hope you understand why I haven’t been around.

 

Rondell♥

Today I Need a Bit of Funny

Totally crazy I know but oh so funny! I still laugh when I look at this picture. Of course I found it on Pinterest and here is my So Funny board if you want to have a few laughs today, it made me laugh then and still does now:) Buster sat so still and let me make him look ridiculous because he loves me.

Trouble was it was very hard to get off, for a few days he walked around with very faint eyebrows. My husband just shook his head and said “ I take him with me everywhere so you should start taking it off of him, I couldn’t I was laughing so hard!
This is the picture from Pinterest

A few more: This one cracks me up!


Omg!

So true!

So… I promised I’d tell you about my mamo review I had this morning…I have to go back again this Wednesday for a biopsy, they found what looks like grains of sand, not a mass or cyst, and they don’t know what it is. I won’t know till Monday the results but that’s okay we leave for North Carolina Thursday and won’t be back till Monday anyway. I’m taking my laptop with me so I don’t miss anything that you all do:)
Thanks for stopping by and prayers will be very much appreciated even if your doing the dishes or vacuming/dusting God will hear you♥

Rondell♥

On Top the Old Hoosier

 

I’m playing around with PicMonkey this morning so please excuse the pictures as I learn how to do everything they provide, also excuse the ball jars on the floor to the left. I hate to take them down to the basement in case I would want to use them again since I’ve been playing around the rooms of my home. 

I like this arrangement better on top but still disliking the heat return vent, I think it’s the problem I have when I go to decorate it.

I’ve been shopping my home and put a wire basket that I had under my end table on top with some books in it. Also the plant holder that I found at the church sale for .10!

Two demi johns that I found at Goodwill and wicker candle/bottle holder on the left side.

I added the black and white tea towel on the side but would like to get a grainsack one with a black stripe.

The basket I found for pennies and for those that are new to my blog the chair I found at the side of the road years ago. Love when that happens but are few and far between for me!

Thank you to all my new followers, always appreciate you stopping by!

 

SNS @ Funky Junk Interiors

Spotlight Saturday @ Classy Clutter

Monday Funday @ Creatively Living

Budget Decorating Party @ Creative Cane Cabin

Tabletop Tuesday @ A Stroll Thur Life

Cowgirl Up @ Cedar Hill Ranch

Make it Pretty Monday @ The Decorated House

Tuesday’s Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm

 

Rondell

Happy Valentine’s Day & Other News

This morning I had to get the girls on the bus so I had to wake up early, I came out to put the coffee on and found these on my desk!

About an hour after I got home a florist van pulled into the driveway and delivered this beautiful bouquet from the girl’s. A very nice Valentine’s Day for me.

I still have to get drawer pulls for the desk but it is so nice to sit here and blog even with out the hardware on them, I can also see who pulls in the driveway too, which is nice, I’m enjoying watching the View again and my other programs on my TV that’s on the bookshelf.

I love having my own space… plus cleared out the room too, it was time for a change in here!

I finished the hoosier and still have to distress it and the desk

I already changed the top of this, you can see my dad’s yardstick on the top but it doesn’t stay on very well, I used those glue pads and they didn’t work so it’s back in the corner again.

My other “news” is they called me in for another mamo I was supposed to go tomorrow but they called to say the doctor wouldn’t be in that day and he had to be there for the tests, so now I go on Monday at 9:30 in the morning.  Gheece, now I have all weekend to worry! I know I shouldn’t worry but as you know it’s easier said than done, the what if’s keep popping into your mind!

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone of you sweet people that stop by, I’ve really enjoying this part of my life, to be invited into your beautiful homes is such a honor!

It’s not all about the comments and stats, it’s about the niceness and friendliness of people who count.♥

I’ll be joining these parties ( I love linky party’s )

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Be Inspired @ Common Ground

Grace at Home @ Imparting Grace

Be My Valentine @ Décor to Adore

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home

Inspiration Gallery Week @ Craftberry Bush

Flaunt it Friday @ Chick on a Shoestring Decorating

Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest

Rondell♥

New Cloche

Hey everyone! How are you tonight? Got home from work had dinner and then got on here to join all the great parties going on today!

I found this cloche at TJMaxx a couple weeks ago and just put it out Saturday but really couldn’t figure what to put in it that I haven’t done before, this one is different, it has a pedestal that came with it.

So I went to my pinterest board Cloche Ideas and decided to do the one with the book pages tied with twine. It’s the first picture on the board and if you want to follow me on Pinterest I’d love it!

I don’t tear up old books just ones that weren’t a good read and are usually from Goodwill.

 

I also bought a white mat for the picture of New York City now just have to get a black frame. The scale I found for $5.00 at a community yardsale a couple summers ago!

 

Here is a sneak peek of what I put on the very top of the now gray painted Hoosier, I hope to finish it tomorrow!

Thanks for stopping by and your comments do make me smile:)

I’ll be partying at these great places:

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style

It’s a Cloche Party @ A Stroll Thur Life

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm

Tuesday’s Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Pretty Things Linky Party @ TwelveOeight

Cowgirl Up @ Cedar Hill Ranch

 

Rondell♥

Sofa Covered with No Sew Dropcloths

I don’t know if I’m the first to ever do this but I thought you may want to know how I bought drop cloths from Lowes and covered my sofa with them, maybe  you have a sofa that you are tired of and would like to try it too.

My sofa is blue denim and more then 10 years old and it’s still going strong, in fact I don’t think it will ever wear out! I’m tired of the blue so I decided to cover it with a slipcover BUT my sofa is so big 96” long and that’s the problem I have with it. The only slipcover that would fit is from Pottery Barn at $179.00… not happening!!!

I knew there had to be a way to deal with this problem, I just had to figure it out! So I bought the largest drop cloth that Lowes had, it cost about $25.00 and (I’ve washed it about 3 times so it’s starting to get soft.) threw it over my couch, immediately I liked the off white look. Then the other day I happened to find that I had a smaller dropcloth in my stash and wondered if I could use it to cover just the seat cushions. here’s how it turned out!

You can see how huge the arms are!

You can see how I covered the seat cushions with the drop cloth I found.

My husband lays on the sofa almost every evening and all I have to do is smooth it out, doesn’t really come out of where I have it tucked in!

I think it has pulled the livingroom together and it only cost me $25.00!

Here is my diningroom without the bookcase in it. Gives us a lot more room.

I also changed the top of my step back cupboard…change is good:)

Thanks for stopping by, we are going out to dinner tonight then to a Valentine’s dance Saturday night. Thank goodness the blizzard has missed us but I’m thinking of you that are in the New England states, we have relatives there, so stay safe!
I’ll be joining these fantastic parties:
Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style
Flaunt it Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring Decorating
Show and Tell @ My Romantic Home
Frugalicious Friday @ Finding Fabulous
Fabulously Creative Friday @ Jennifer Rizzo
Feathered Nest Friday @ The French Country Cottage
Be Inspired @ Common Ground


Rondell♥